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Main Authors: Looney, Craig W., Duston, Christopher L., Biegel, James H., Carrero Jr., Manuel A., Valente, Nicholas A.
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.18537
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author Looney, Craig W.
Duston, Christopher L.
Biegel, James H.
Carrero Jr., Manuel A.
Valente, Nicholas A.
author_facet Looney, Craig W.
Duston, Christopher L.
Biegel, James H.
Carrero Jr., Manuel A.
Valente, Nicholas A.
contents We present and evaluate the Merrimack College Mobile Lightboard, which we built in 2017 and which is still in use in 2025. Our design was closely based on that of the groundbreaking 2014 Duke University Lightboard but with a smaller glass pane, 5 feet wide instead of 6 feet wide. The resulting scaled-down board is small enough to move in and out of individual faculty offices, but large enough to make detailed videos. An updated construction cost estimate is provided, and recent upgrades are briefly discussed. We believe that personalized office-based lightboarding represents an attractive option for many faculty members, with strengths that complement those of centralized installations. Our successful build suggests that this option is technically and financially feasible at many if not most higher education institutions.
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spellingShingle The 2017 Merrimack College Mobile Lightboard: Personalized Office-Based Lightboarding on a Shared Mobile Board
Looney, Craig W.
Duston, Christopher L.
Biegel, James H.
Carrero Jr., Manuel A.
Valente, Nicholas A.
Physics Education
We present and evaluate the Merrimack College Mobile Lightboard, which we built in 2017 and which is still in use in 2025. Our design was closely based on that of the groundbreaking 2014 Duke University Lightboard but with a smaller glass pane, 5 feet wide instead of 6 feet wide. The resulting scaled-down board is small enough to move in and out of individual faculty offices, but large enough to make detailed videos. An updated construction cost estimate is provided, and recent upgrades are briefly discussed. We believe that personalized office-based lightboarding represents an attractive option for many faculty members, with strengths that complement those of centralized installations. Our successful build suggests that this option is technically and financially feasible at many if not most higher education institutions.
title The 2017 Merrimack College Mobile Lightboard: Personalized Office-Based Lightboarding on a Shared Mobile Board
topic Physics Education
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.18537